Highlights of the activities of the Ministry of Tourism during the mandate of Minister Hristo Prodanov (December 2021 - July 2022)

In his work, Minister of Tourism Hristo Prodanov focused on reducing the consequences of the military actions in Ukraine, the negative effects of the pandemic, disrupted supply chains and the resulting inflation.

The Ministry of Tourism with the administration of the Accommodation Task Force has assisted the Council of Ministers throughout the war crisis in Ukraine and the accommodation of displaced persons since 24.02.22 and the programme is ongoing and will continue until 30 September /to date, some 26,000 persons continue to be accommodated in our hotels/. Value of aid paid to hotels and accommodation - nearly BGN 150 million.

As a result of the measures, in the first quarter of 2022 tourism reached a level of 82% compared to the pre-pandemic period.  The growth of Bulgarian and foreign tourists is about 48%, while the growth of foreign tourists alone is about 2.9 times.

We have set policies to promote all types of tourism. Along with the traditional sub-sectors - sea and winter tourism, it is extremely important for us to use the potential of cultural tourism, spa tourism, wine and culinary tourism, health tourism, etc.